the mental mulch pile
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An open letter to my choir family
Hey choir fam,
So I’ve needed to take a few days to process last weekend’s retreat, much more so than past years…
Fifty Favourite Things
I was inspired to pull together this list by one of my When Words Collide fam, Erin Weir, and her recent Erin’s Favourite Things post on her blog, A Flimsy Plan. As someone who talks and thinks a lot about gratitude, I thought this would be a nice twist on the usual kind of gratitude list. But what would be in such a list for me?…
The light that is you…
I want so badly to fix the world…
Pause
Sometimes
Sometimes you just need to stop paddling and let the water decide…
Ten word stories, part 1
One moment
I was reminded today, powerfully and profoundly, that while maybe I can’t change the whole world, fix all that hurts and all that is broken, I can do everything I can to change my whole world…
A state of perpetual wander…
I’ve spoken often, and written here and elsewhere, about curiosity as a core driving force in my life. Some would describe it as being in a state of perpetual wonder, which I love.
But curiosity is an outlook, a motivator, a frame of mind. It’s not an action. So what is it to put curiosity to action?
A vaccination against being wrong…
Not that there’s anything wrong with being wrong…
#14daysofkokokopelli
I am part of a choir family known, for at least a little bit longer, as the Kokopelli Choir Association. As part of our looking forward to the fall, we started the #14daysofkokopelli campaign on social media…
realization
I am inspired every morning by the realization of…
The Power of a Good Question
Back in June of 2019, I had the delight of several disparate conversations and moments that sparked some much needed contemplation…
A subversively hopeful act
Some days are hard for no apparent reason. You feel a little off. Life feels empty. Everything just seems like more of a struggle…